Dallas County Democrats
Clinton/Gore Accomplishments:
Changing the Way
Government Works
This site is an ARCHIVE of the website used
for the Dallas County Democratic Party from 2000 to May of 2002, and which was built by the then Chair Bill Howell. Though some information
here will be relevant through the 2002 elections, other pages here are of interest for
history or research. For the
latest updated news about the Dallas County Democratic Party, see their own website at
www.dallasdemocrats.org.
Doing More for Less
Results from the Reinventing Government Initiative.
Overall, the Vice President's National Performance
Review recommended and Congress adopted savings of
about $136 billion since 1993. [National Performance Review,
Accomplishments fact sheet]
Smallest Federal Civilian Workforce in 40 Years.
Since President Clinton and Vice President Gore took
office, the Federal workforce has been cut by 377,000 ?
nearly a fifth ? and is now lower than any time since 1960.
[National Partnership for Reinventing Government,
Accomplishments fact sheet; National Economic Council, 6/26/00]
Lowest Federal Spending as a Share of the Economy
Since 1966. The spending restraint under President
Clinton has brought government spending down from 22.2
percent of GDP in 1992 to a projected 18.5 percent of
GDP in 2000 ? the lowest since 1966. At the same time,
President Clinton has increased investments in education,
technology and other areas that are vital to growth.
[National Economic Council, 6/26/00]
Slowest Per Capita Growth of Government Spending
Since the 1950's. During the Clinton-Gore
Administration, federal spending -- on a per capita basis --
grew at the slowest rate since the Eisenhower
Administration, not including inflation. [National Performance
Review, Accomplishments fact sheet]
Increasing Participation in Our Democracy with the
Motor Voter Law. President Clinton signed the National
Voter Registration Act during his first year in office --
making voting easier for millions more Americans, and
leading to the registration of more than 28 million new
voters. [Presidential Statement, 5/20/93; FEC, 6/99; FEC, 6/97]
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